Husten

See also: husten

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhuːstən/
• Hyphenation: Hus‧ten
• Hyphenation: Hu‧sten (pre-1996)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German huoste, from Old High German huosto, from Proto-West Germanic *hwōstō, from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô.

Noun

Husten m (strong, genitive Hustens, plural Husten, diminutive Hüsterchen n)

1. cough

Usage notes

• The plural is extremely rare. It could only be used in the sense of “different kinds of cough” and (doubtfully) “different periods of illness involving cough”.
• The diminutive is perhaps originally that of Huster (“an instance of coughing”), but it also substitutes the diminutive of Husten, e.g. in the sense of “a slight affection by cough”.

Declension

Declension of Husten [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Husten	die	Husten
genitive	eines	des	Hustens	der	Husten
dative	einem	dem	Husten	den	Husten
accusative	einen	den	Husten	die	Husten

Related terms

• husten

Etymology 2

Nominalization of the verb husten

Noun

Husten n (strong, genitive Hustens, no plural)

1. gerund of husten: the act of coughing, a certain way of it

Declension

Declension of Husten [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Husten
genitive	eines	des	Hustens
dative	einem	dem	Husten
accusative	ein	das	Husten

Further reading

• “Husten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Husten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Husten” in Duden online